Stocks Round Up | 79 stocks traded

The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) Combined Index declined on Wednesday with an advance/decline ratio of 25/40.

The index dipped by 1,943.35 points or 0.51 per cent to close at 379,289.36.

The JSE Main Market Index declined by 1,936.13 points or 0.50 per cent to close at 383,725.38 while the Junior Market Index declined by 15.06 points or 0.61 per cent to close at 2,437.57. The JSE USD Equities Index declined by 14.37 points or 7.03 per cent to close at 190.16.

Overall market activity

79 stocks traded
25 advanced
40 declined
14 traded firm

Winners

Everything Fresh up 13.51 per cent to close at $0.84
Lasco Manufacturing up 12.10 per cent to close at $3.89
Jamaica Producers  up 10.87 per cent to close at $18.36
First Rock ($US) up 7.76 per cent to close at $0.10
QWI Investments  up 5.48 per cent to close at $0.77

Losers 

SSL Venture  down 29.70 per cent to close at $0.71
Proven Investments ($US)  down 20.42 per cent to close at $0.22
MPC Caribbean  down 16.48 per cent to close at $147.00
Dolphin Cove down 15.58 per cent to close at $6.34
GWest down 14.77 per cent to close at $0.75

Market volume

244.549 million units valued at over $464.563 million.

Volume leaders were QWI Investments followed by MailPac Group and Limners and Bards Limited.

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